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Dear LFTP February 13, 2017 · 1:09:12 · 4 min

Dear LFTP: the toilet as garbage disposal

  • How do I get my family member to stop using the toilet as a garbage disposal?

A second Dear LFTP letter: a family member uses the toilet as a garbage disposal for food scraps, and the listener asks how to make her stop before a plumber is needed. The hosts conclude it is mostly fine: the toilet's four-inch pipe handles food better than a sink drain, and it all goes to the same treatment plant, though it wastes water and bones should stay out. The Secular answer disagrees, insisting receptacles be used for their intended purposes and the user foot any plumber bill, which the hosts dismiss as a high-horse take.

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